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ENGR 482 Exam 3 Questions And Answers|
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T/F: According to the "Common Sense View," technological artifacts take on moral properties
when used for good or evil by humans. - Answer✔False- this view is that artifacts have no moral
properties in themselves.
T/F: The difference b/w the "Common Sense" and "Strong" views toward the morality of
technological artifacts is a matter of the degree to which people blame artifacts for immoral
actions. - Answer✔False- there is a fundamental difference b/w the views regarding whether
artifacts can be held morally responsible for certain actions.
Why are Robert Moses' architectural designs indicative of Langdon Winner's view of the moral
properties of artifacts (the "Strong View")? - Answer✔Moral values are built into his designs,
which come to embody these values.
T/F: Bruno Latour, reflecting the "Strong View" toward technological artifacts, believed artifacts
are morally considerable because they work as actants alongside human beings in a responsible
network. - Answer✔True
What does Martin Heidegger say often happens w/ tools as they are used? - Answer✔-They
become invisible b/c the user's focus is on the task at hand
-They are noticed when they don't function as designed
What is meant by Don Ihde's term "multi-usability"? - Answer✔An artifact can be used in
different ways based on each user's intentions.
Bruno Latour's "script" of a thing - Answer✔The behaviors that the artifact invites or inhibits its
user to perform
Don Ihde's "technological intentionality" - Answer✔Technology "shades" how we see the
world, emphasizing some things at the expense of others.
Technological Optimist - Answer✔"on the whole, technology is for the better"
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Technological Pessimist - Answer✔"on the whole, technology is for the worst"
Technological Determinism - Answer✔Technology precedes its own logic; we can't do anything
to stop its progress
Critical Approach to Technology - Answer✔A check on the Enlightenment spirit; analogous to
the food critic
Artifact - Answer✔Any object intentionally created by humans
Common Sense View - Answer✔-Can't blame the artifact for a wrongdoing
-Humans made objects as mere tools/neutral means to an end
-Objects have no moral properties
-We ascribe right or wrong (good or bad) to humans and their actions
Strong View (Latour) - Answer✔-"morality is inside the things"; artifacts DO have moral
properties
-Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
-Attributes moral relevance to artifacts whose existence perpetuates moral values
-Believe some combo of subject and object should be though of as one and the same entity
Actor-Network Theory (ANT) - Answer✔-Objects serve as "actors" or "actants"
-Not possible to uphold the boundary b/w humans and artifacts
Strong View (Winner) - Answer✔-Objects "embody a systematic social inequality" that becomes
"part of the social landscape"
-Example of Robert Moses' designs
-Therefore, artifacts embody morality
Strong View (Verbeek) - Answer✔-"Moral agency is distributed over both humans and
technological artifacts"
-Humans and artifacts don't have separate existence anymore
-Many artifacts blur this distinction from subject
-Moral agencies should be ascribed to hybrid entities of both subjects and objects
Moderate View - Answer✔-Technological artifacts can't be part of a moral agent/subject and
can't be responsible
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ENGR 482 Exam 3 Questions And Answers|
Already Graded A+| Latest Update.
T/F: According to the "Common Sense View," technological artifacts take on moral properties
when used for good or evil by humans. - Answer✔False- this view is that artifacts have no moral
properties in themselves.
T/F: The difference b/w the "Common Sense" and "Strong" views toward the morality of
technological artifacts is a matter of the degree to which people blame artifacts for immoral
actions. - Answer✔False- there is a fundamental difference b/w the views regarding whether
artifacts can be held morally responsible for certain actions.
Why are Robert Moses' architectural designs indicative of Langdon Winner's view of the moral
properties of artifacts (the "Strong View")? - Answer✔Moral values are built into his designs,
which come to embody these values.
T/F: Bruno Latour, reflecting the "Strong View" toward technological artifacts, believed artifacts
are morally considerable because they work as actants alongside human beings in a responsible
network. - Answer✔True
What does Martin Heidegger say often happens w/ tools as they are used? - Answer✔-They
become invisible b/c the user's focus is on the task at hand
-They are noticed when they don't function as designed
What is meant by Don Ihde's term "multi-usability"? - Answer✔An artifact can be used in
different ways based on each user's intentions.
Bruno Latour's "script" of a thing - Answer✔The behaviors that the artifact invites or inhibits its
user to perform
Don Ihde's "technological intentionality" - Answer✔Technology "shades" how we see the
world, emphasizing some things at the expense of others.
Technological Optimist - Answer✔"on the whole, technology is for the better"
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Technological Pessimist - Answer✔"on the whole, technology is for the worst"
Technological Determinism - Answer✔Technology precedes its own logic; we can't do anything
to stop its progress
Critical Approach to Technology - Answer✔A check on the Enlightenment spirit; analogous to
the food critic
Artifact - Answer✔Any object intentionally created by humans
Common Sense View - Answer✔-Can't blame the artifact for a wrongdoing
-Humans made objects as mere tools/neutral means to an end
-Objects have no moral properties
-We ascribe right or wrong (good or bad) to humans and their actions
Strong View (Latour) - Answer✔-"morality is inside the things"; artifacts DO have moral
properties
-Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
-Attributes moral relevance to artifacts whose existence perpetuates moral values
-Believe some combo of subject and object should be though of as one and the same entity
Actor-Network Theory (ANT) - Answer✔-Objects serve as "actors" or "actants"
-Not possible to uphold the boundary b/w humans and artifacts
Strong View (Winner) - Answer✔-Objects "embody a systematic social inequality" that becomes
"part of the social landscape"
-Example of Robert Moses' designs
-Therefore, artifacts embody morality
Strong View (Verbeek) - Answer✔-"Moral agency is distributed over both humans and
technological artifacts"
-Humans and artifacts don't have separate existence anymore
-Many artifacts blur this distinction from subject
-Moral agencies should be ascribed to hybrid entities of both subjects and objects
Moderate View - Answer✔-Technological artifacts can't be part of a moral agent/subject and
can't be responsible
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